Chestnut Neck

Chestnut Neck is a section of Port Republic, Atlantic County, New Jersey. At the time of the American Revolutionary War, Chestnut Neck was a busy and thriving trade center on the Mullica River, about 10 miles north of present-day Atlantic City. American privateers used the harbor facilities to use as a home base for attacks on British shipping, and the captured vessels and their cargoes were sold or converted into use for the privateers. On 6 October 1778, the area was the site of the Battle of Chestnut Neck, with the British retrieving some supplies and destroying others. After the battle, Chestnut Neck never regained its status as a trade center, having been plundered; its refugees founded Port Republic.